Depicting the Dead : Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits /
Explores how to read Roman sarcophagi, starting from those adorned with portraits and placing them within a social context; investigates gender values and childhood as reflected in the visual language of sarcophagus reliefs and shows how standardised iconography could be used to construct personal a...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aarhus :
Aarhus Universitetsforlag,
[2013]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Explores how to read Roman sarcophagi, starting from those adorned with portraits and placing them within a social context; investigates gender values and childhood as reflected in the visual language of sarcophagus reliefs and shows how standardised iconography could be used to construct personal and social memory |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (333 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9788771244168 |